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1. Sheet music cover for 'Les Petits Matelots, Characteristic Rondo'.
*Sheet music cover for 'Les Petits Matelots, Characteristic Rondo'. An image used on the front cover of a piece of sheet music, showing the band of the Royal Naval Asylum with the audience around the training ship.
2. St Paul's Cathedral, on the evening of Nelson's funeral.
*St Paul's Cathedral, on the evening of Nelson's funeral. The inside of St Paul's Cathedral in October 1806, on the evening of Admiral Nelson's funeral.
3. Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island in May 1855.
*Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island in May 1855. The day after the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay in 1788, Lieutenant Philip Gidley King RN, began selecting men and women to colonise Norfolk...
4. Sarcophagus for the body of Horatio Viscount Nelson.
*Sarcophagus for the body of Horatio Viscount Nelson. This sarcophagus in St Paul's Cathedral was originally intended for Cardinal Wolsey in the 16th century but was never used after Wolsey fell from...
5. Royal Aquatic excursion to Greenwich Hospital.
*Royal Aquatic excursion to Greenwich Hospital. Despite being published over a year after the accession of Queen Victoria, this appears to show one of her uncle King William IV's visits to...
6. Quarantine guard ship Rhin, Standgate Creek.
*Quarantine guard ship Rhin, Standgate Creek. A quarantine ship out near Sheerness - one of the earliest and longest-used forms of defence against sea-borne disease.
7. Queen Victoria’s Coronation.
*Queen Victoria’s Coronation. A panoramic view of the state procession of Queen Victoria’s coronation, 28 June 1838, showing the Queen’s Bargemaster and Watermen.
8. 'Tea-making' at Greenwich Hospital.
*'Tea-making' at Greenwich Hospital. Greenwich pensioners making tea at the Royal Hospital. The buildings of the Greenwich Hospital were not very practical to house the pensioners. Due...
9. Thames wherries, Richmond, by EW Cooke.
*Thames wherries, Richmond, by EW Cooke. The marine painter Edward William Cooke took an interest in local Thames river craft. He made a number of preparatory sketches of these...
10. The British Consulate, Zanzibar.
*The British Consulate, Zanzibar. The British Consulate at Zanzibar, from an 1872 print. The British took over full control of the island in 1890.
 
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